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Sophia Amoruso on branding, raising a fund, portfolio construction & more | E1684VC Playbook: How to maintain pro-rata when a VC wants the whole round
Sophia Amoruso on branding, raising a fund, portfolio construction & more | E1684Sophia Amoruso, Founder and GP at Trust Fund, joins Jason to discuss her angel investments (1:23), raising a fund publicly (5:54), and the creative process (12:14). Then, they discuss portfolio construction and putting past identities to bed (27:04).
(0:00) Molly kicks off the show
(1:23) Previous angel investing experience
(5:54) Why Sophia is raising a public fund
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(12:14) Branding and the creative process
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(22:25) What stage of investing is Sophia going after
(27:04) Portfolio construction
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(38:44) Pro rata rights
(46:56) Putting past identities to bed
(1:01:18) Fund cycles
(1:05:17) Investing in founders or investing in ideas & more
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